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HOLD FOR RELEASE
HOLD FOR RELEASE
HOLD FOR RELEASE
OCTOBER 19, 1945
CAUTION: The following statement by the President in connection
with the anniversary of Czechoslovak Independence, is for release
in all regular editions of AFTERNOON papers of Monday, October 22,
1945.
Release by radio commentators and newscasters NOT EARLIER THAN
8:00 A.M., E.S.T., Monday, October 22, 1945.
CHARLES G. ROSS
Secretary to the President.
STATEMENT BY THE PRESIDENT
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On the anniversary of Czechoslovak independence I wish
to extend my own personal greetings and the wholehearted congratu-
lations of the American people to President Benes and the people
of Czechoslovakia, This comnemoration of the founding of the
Czechoslovak Republic is of particular significance in marking the
first time since the German occupation that the Czechoslovak people
have been able to celebrate their independence in their own homeland
as a free people.
The realization that the principles of democracy and free-
dom, out of which the Republic was born twenty-seven years ago, have
been victorious in two world wars, will inspire the Czechoslovak
people to make once more their contribution to world peace.
The American people watch with sympathetic interest the
diligent efforts now being made by the Czechoslovak people to erase
the effects of the Nazi rule and to restore thoir independent national
life on the traditions which have always been identified with the
Czechoslovak Republic. I am confident that the American people will
aid the Czechoslovak people in every way possible to achieve this
+goal.